Improvement in harness-buckles



PATENT OFFICE.

Y THOMAS cEAKEs, OE MIsHA'wAKA, INDIANA.'

, IMPROVEMENT IN H-ARNEssBUcKLEs.

To all whom it may concern: l

Be it known that I, THOMAS CRAKES, of

Mishawaka, in the county Oi' St. Joseph and- State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Harness-Buckle;"and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable Others skilled in the art to make and use the saine, reference being had to the accompanying 'drawing forming' part of this specification, in which- AFigure 1 is a side view of myiinproved harvention consists in the construction of parts as hereinafter described and specically stated in the claim. Y

A and -B are the end parts of the buckle, which are made with hooks or eyes al b2 upon their outer ends to hook into eyes Or rings attached to the straps Orhames to be connected. Upon the other end of 'the part A is formed a head, a2, made somewhat beveled upon the upper and lower edges of its outer end, and to which are pivoted the Jforks or arms formed by notchin g the end of the lever G to receive the said head a2. The other or free end of, the lever C is bent slightly outward and curved inward to enter a hole, a3, in the part A near its pivoted end, so that it may be conveniently taken hold of to unfasten the buckle, land so that its end cannot catch upon anything and become uni'astened accidentally. In the part Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 116,028, dated June 20, 1871.

B is formed a number of square holes, b2, which are notched upon their forward sides to form shoulders h3, against which rest shoulders o.

formed upon the ends ofthe arins ot' the notched and` pivoted 'end of the lever (l.

B y this construction, when the buckle is fastened the shoulders b3 oi thelholes in the part B rest against the shoulders c of the lever C,

so that the buckle 'cannot be unfastened when there is a strain upon it. Should the parts The buckle cannot be uni'astened without turning the lever C outward to at least a right angle, while the part B remains parallel with the part A. When the parts are in this position the partB can be readily slipped from the le-v ver C, unfastening the buckle. AThe peculiar form ofthe free end of the lever (l enables it to be readily passed into and through the holes inthe part B.

I am aware of thebuckles patented to Thompson and Love September 8, 1868, and A. M.` i Dorman August 24, 1869, but claim nothing' as new and desire to secure by Letters Pat-- vided with square holes b2 and shoulders b3, all

as herein shown and described, whereby said parts are adapted to operate as set forth.

y THOMAS ORAKES.

Witnesses:

JOHN HOPKINS, AARON DIXON. 

